Open AccessShared weight and dietary changes in parent–child dyads following family-based obesity treatment.
Author(s) -
John R. Best,
Andrea B. Goldschmidt,
Danyte S Mockus-Valenzuela,
Richard I. Stein,
Leonard H. Epstein,
Denise E. Wilfley
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000247
Subject(s) - obesity , medicine , weight management , weight gain , weight change , dyad , weight loss , psychology , pediatrics , body weight , developmental psychology , endocrinology
The primary objective was to determine whether children and their participating parents undergoing family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) for obesity show similar dietary changes following treatment, and if so, whether these shared dietary changes explain the similarity in weight change within the parent-child dyad.